Directions: Read the following information about the Minoans and the Mycenaeans and then answer the questions that follow in your notebook.
The Origins of the Greeks
The Minoans:
Minoan culture developed on the island of Crete in approximately 3,000 B.C.E. Minoan palace murals (wall paintings) and painted pottery show us a great sea culture, fueled by fishing, farming, and local arts. The Minoans were master sailors and set up long-distance trade routes with Spain, Egypt, Canaan, and Asia Minor. Socially, the Minoans were an egalitarian (equal) culture, with both men and women holding respected positions in the fields of religion, agriculture, and craftwork. Recreation enjoyed by the Minoans included dancing to music and song, "bull-leaping" - and boxing, complete with boxing gloves and mouth guards. The remarkable peace-loving character of the Minoan civilization is obvious because they didn't have fortresses, war equipment, and painted battle scenes among the remains of their settlements. The Minoan civilization is historically important to Greece because it was the model for the Mycenaean (pronounced my-sih-NEE-in) civilization which is considered the earliest developed culture on mainland Greece.
The Mycenaeans:
Mycenae was settled in 2,700 B.C.E. Most of the myths about ancient Greek heroes and their famous battles come to us from the Mycenaeans. Later Greek poets such as Homer used these tales in their writings. The Mycenaeans spoke an early form of the Greek language, and developed an agricultural economy based on grains, grapes, and olives. Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor. Unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaeans devoted most of their energies to developing a strong military. The circular royal tombs of Mycenae reveal collections of decorated uniforms, elaborate helmets, chariots, daggers, and axes. Horses were also extremely important to the Mycenaeans, as they were the vehicles of war. Mycenaean documents suggest that their society was hierarchical, with kings and soldiers in positions of power at the top of society, and prisoners of war who became slaves at the bottom of society who served the kings and soldiers. Other than artwork showing religious festivals and musical performances, very few artifacts of entertainment were left by the Mycenaeans.
1. What did the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations have in common? 2. In what ways were the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations different? 3. Why do you think so many aspects of Minoan civilization are found at Mycenae? 4. What other geographical areas, besides Mycenae, might Minoan civilization have influenced? 5. What aspects of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations would you expect to have survived in later periods of Greek history? 6. Using your textbook pages 256-257, explain how the decline of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans was similar.
Assignment 6-2
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Homer The Odyssey is a 12,000-line Greek epic poem dating from the eighth century B.C.E. An epic poem is a long poem divided into sections, or "books," that focuses on the extraordinary deeds and adventures of a hero. According to ancient Greek tradition, heroes were men who were born to one divine and one human parent. The story of The Odyssey recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus during his 10-year voyage home to Ithaca after the end of the Trojan War in the thirteenth century B.C.E. Odysseus is considered the ideal Greek hero: an aristocratic soldier of superior strength, intelligence, and courage, favored by the Gods.
The poem is traditionally ascribed to Homer (circa 700 B.C.E.), who is considered the earliest Greek poet. Little is known about Homer's life, but ancient Greek playwrights referred to him as a "gifted blind poet." Some scholars believe that a line from a choral song attributed to Homer confirms this description:
"If anyone should ask you whose song is sweetest, say: blind is the man and he lives in rocky Chios."
Other scholars believe that "Homer" was the name given to a collective group of bards who sang Mycenaean folktales to entertain the nobles of Ionia, located on the west coast of Asia Minor.
It is generally believed that the exact author of The Odyssey is not as important as the ancient Greek values it contains. By listening to the stories in the poem, ancient Greeks learned standards of honorable behavior. These values, forged in the "Age of Heroes" during the Mycenaean Period, became the foundations of ancient Greek society.
1. Exam each image below and note the description of the vase painting for your assigned image. 2. Read the DESCRIPTION for each scene. 3. Listen to the AUDIO TRACK and read along with each passage from the Odyssey. 4. Discuss and answer the questions for your scene from the Odyssey with your partner. 5. Decide which Greek value is best demonstrated in your scene and draw a picture that represents that Greek Value. AthleticismHospitalityIngenuityIntuitionJusticeLoyaltyRespect Teamwork 6. Be prepared to explain your scene to the class using the answers to your questions and how the value you picked is demonstrated in that scene.
Assignment 6-1
Create physical maps of Greece and compare its geography to one of the other regions we have studied.
Label and color a Map of Greece GreeceBlankOutlineMap.pdf with the following locations and physical features (Create a Map Key for symbols you use). You should include the following:
Physical Features:
Island of Crete
Island of Thera
Island of Rhodes
Asia Minor
Macedonia
Mount Olympus
Pindus Mountains
Read these pages: Ancient Greek Environment Textbook pages 254-256
Create a venn diagram using Pages comparing and contrasting the geography of Greece with that of either Egypt, Mesopotamia.
Directions: You are a sage and you will teach your classmates a part of ancient India's history. The four parts (groups) are...
Group 1: The Mauryan Empire (page 162-163, 166)
Group 2: The Gupta Empire (page 164-165) (Me)
Group 3: Indian Achievements- Religious Art & Sanskrit Literature (page 167-169)
Group 4: Indian Achievements- Scientific Advances (page 170-171)
Each part has (or might have) pictures, illustrations, maps, dates, vocabulary words, and important people. Your job as a sage is to become an expert on your part so you will be able to comfortably and confidently teach others. Remember that if you don't understand the information, you won't be able to teach others properly. Follow these steps to become a great sage:
Steps
Read all the information on the pages you are responsible for. Don't just read the main parts, look at the other information such as maps or diagrams or pictures.
Take notes and answer the Reading Check question after each section to make sure you understand the information. You also have to answer the questions about your section from page 176 (section 4 or 5).
Decide how you are going to present the information to your students. Will you just talk about the information (this can be boring) or will you use visuals or give a slideshow presentation (this can be more interesting)? Remember that your students have not read the information and are counting on you to teach them in an interesting and educational way.
How will you check if your students understood the information? Will you make up questions to ask them? What else will you do? Will you ask your students to create something that shows their understanding? Think about how you are taught at school and the activities you do in your classes.
Your students must do the work you give them and they must do the following:
add at least three important events to their timelines (you choose the events)
Assignment 4-6
After completing your Understanding How Ashoka's Edicts Helped Unify India sheet answer the following comprehension questions:
1. What are the main ideas expressed in Ashoka's edicts? The main idea expressed inAshoka's edicts are to do good deeds for others, to follow the path of Budda and to have fairness.
2. What are some of the ways in which Ashoka's leadership promoted unity in India? Asoka wanted India to do what Asoka does so he created the Edicts. He protected his area from invaders and treated everyone nicely.
3. In what ways did Ashoka's Buddhist beliefs contribute to the unification of India? His Buddhist beliefs were very well written and all had different meanings.
4. In addition to the edicts, what else might have contributed to the unification of India during this time period?
Asoka's strong army and trust from the people could have contributed to the unification of India during this time period.
5. Explain how one of the edicts you examined could be catagorized another way. Station I can be Justice and Buddhist Values because having a better rebirth can be a buddhist value and since the men is going to die they can have 3 days of respite.
(i.e. instead of Buddhist Values it could also concern Justice)
Use the website above and what you have learned in class so far to answer these questions about the early Indus River Governments.
1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city? It is because the lay out of the city that was so much the same between all of the classes
2. Who were Rajahs? Rajahs are the rulers of the cities. They combined there system to have one central government.
3. What is a Guru? Guru is a is a type of teacher who lives with the students until they become 20. The students had to do chores and services for the Guru.
4. What subjects were taught in school? All the subject were religious nature.
5. Who was in charge of the government? Indus priest were in charge of the Goverment
6. Why did people look up to the priests? Because the priest are the ones that are offering to the gods.
Assignment 4-4
Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. 1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?
I was a Sudras. Sudras were workers and servants. 2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?
My friend who was a Sudras was singing. He sang the song funny 3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why?
I was always ordered by the higher class and had to do it. Such as drawing a picture for Brahmins or doing push ups. 4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not?
No, because this system is unfair to people who are in the lower class. They are always running around helping the upper class. I think this system us bad. 5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not?
No, because the lower people will be treated badly like being ordered to clean the house with no resting. People should be treated equally. Assignment 4-3 Source:
Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions clearly and completely on your wiki page. Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.
1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?
I've learned the traders traded foods sich as wheat, barley, cotton, rice, melon, peas and dates. Childrens play with toys such as a dice. The Mohenjo-Daro people built the sewer. 2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain.
I think it is a highly developed culture including architectures, music, science, and writing. The sewer system was hard to make, but it was organized. They carved statues well and constructed 2 story buildings. 3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?
Mohenjo-Daro had the sewer system like the modern city. They had windows, but it was not able tosee through well. Clay pipes carried dirty water from building and homes in the lower cty to the main sewer system that ran along the sity. The water was emptied into the Indus river. 4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?
I think archeologists are unable to know the life was like in ancient civilization like the Indus-Sarasvati regions because they can't read the Indus writing. Also I think they couldn't have found enough artifacts to know exactly. 5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
I think natural disaster like earthquake or a huge flood could have ended Mohenjo-Daro. Mohenjo-Daro is a strong country so I think it wouldn't have been able to be defeated by another country.
Assignment 4-2
Website: Indus Valley
Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page. 1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?
rare, valuble, highly-skilled necklace, a toy for kids made from terracotta, a figurine made from clay, stones to measure the goods people traded and seals that has Indus writing. 2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?
Mohenjo-Daro has the orgainized sewer system just like ours. Peoples houses are kind of similiar. They have windows on first and second floor. 3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?
We can learn what they did and used, what they wore, how was the Mohenjo-Daro people(most people are all wealthy or not), where did they live and how was their daily life. 4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.
Mohenjo-Daro is located in the west of India, near the Indus River. The traders used square blocks to measure the grain or whatever they are trading with to calculate the price of that item. The women statue made out of clay could have been a god or goddess. Or maybe, it could have been a woman dressed up for religious ceremonies. The necklace makers made valuable jewels that used gold beads and green stone beads. It tells the craft makers that they had excellent skills. 5. What do we know about the Priest-King?
The Priest-king was discovered in the Lower town in 1927. The Priest king could have been an important man or priest. 6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used?
The Greath Bath is a 8 foot deep, 39 foot long and 23 foot wide rectangular bathing poll built from waterproofed stones. The Great Bath was used for religious rituals. It is also used for hygienic purposes.
Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:
In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.
Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations.
After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
Questions:
1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above? The map I see above and my map labels all landforms such as the Thar desert, Hindu Kush Mountain and the Ganga river.
2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map? My map doesn't have the Sarasvati river.
3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details. When the first settlers came to India the first place they could hace travel was to go through the Thar desert and Himalaya mountain. When they first saw Indus and Sarasvati rivers, they could have thought it was the best place for farming. Also It was the enterance of India so they could have traded easily.
4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map. Done
5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River? As the time passed, the Sarasvati River dried up. So they had to go to the Ganga river that was more a habitable area.
1.. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity? I have learned the Mohenjo-Daro people werevery busy because they made the sewer system organized, making games, making seals and making tools to measure weights. It would have taken a long time to make these.
2. Which aspects of daily life do you see represented in the picture that the artist drew? The traders are importing goods in front of the Mohenjo-Daro. I think the traders are talking about what they were trading. It seemed that they traded jewleries, silks and grain.
3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city? They had the sewer system like the modern city. They imported and exported to other countries. They have building where they can live and sleep. The sewers carried dirty water and was emptied it to the Indus river.
4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region? Archaeologists don't know the writing system of ancient civilization.
5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro? Since it rain a lot in archaeologists, I think flooding could have ended Mohenjo-Daro. Also Aryans could have ended it because they were skilled warriors and had more advanced weapons.
New Chapter India
Assignment 3-8
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Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.
1. The single most important thing I learned was...
the pharaoh controlled everything in his city.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
what the pharaoh did in the underworld when he died.
3. What surprised me the most was...
the Egyptians made a huge pyramid just for the pharaoh.
4. I would like to know more about...
is the Egypitan God and Godess.
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
the process of mummification.
Assignment 3-7
Ancient Egypt Topic Peer Assessment
Go to our YouTube Channel and login using the username and password given in class.
You will assess your classmates' videos using the rubric for the ancient Egypt project and by answering the questions below. Each answer must be at least twosentences long.
Post your assessment in the comments section under each classmate's video. Please make sure you include your first name only or your comment will be deleted.
You must comment on four classmates' videos:
classmate above your name
classmate below your name
two other classmates of your choice
(Note: YouTube has a 500 word limit on comments. You might have to divide your assessment comments into two posts.)
1. How did your classmate make the video interesting and creative?
2. Was it easy to understand your classmates presentation including his/her voice? Why or why not?
3. Clearly explain two things you learned from your classmate's video.
4. How could your classmate improve his/her video?
Task: You are to research your assigned topic from Egyptian history and create a video presentation using iMovie or Keynote. The video presentation should be 3-4 minutes and include the following required elements:
Introduce your topic to the audience and explain the importance of your subject in Ancient Egypt.
Explain and show where your topic belongs on a map of Egypt. You may have to be creative with this part because your topic might not be from one area.
Present 5 interesting facts you have learned about your subject from your research. Include dates and/or which kingdom (old, middle, new).
Include appropriate images/video to make your presentation clear, interesting, original, and creative.
Use your own voice for the audio part of your presentation.
You (and your partner) must appear in the video for at least 30 seconds as you present your information.
Conclude your presentation by restating the significance (importance) of your topic to history.
Use at least four different sources. At least one of your sources must be from the KIS Library Resources. At least one resource should be a book.
Cite any images that you use at the end.
Cite your sources at the end.
Helpful Hints
Follow the steps above in order. Your research will be first, then you will start working on the iMovie.
You will be asked to show your progress on this project in every class before the due date. Your progress will be graded.
Originality and creativity will be rewarded with a higher grade. For example, if you draw some of your images you will get a more points than someone who just copies images from the Internet.
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Assignment 3-5=
Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. Grade each paragraph for quality:
4=outstanding work, detailed, correct and above the call of duty
3=very good work, completes assignment, is above average
2=completes assignment correctly, average work
1=does not complete assignment, needs work
0=does not follow directions, assignment missing
Part 1 The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Pyramids (definition, examples, construction details)
Workers
Importance of the pyramids
A pyramid is a huge monument with four triangle shaped sides and has a point at the top. The Egyptians first built pyramids during the Old Kingdom. The farmers worked on the pyramid when there was a flood. A pyramid took more than 2 million limestone and thousands of workers. The largest pyramid is the Great pyramid of Khufu near the town of Giza. The government paid the people grains instead of money. The workers used sled to drag the stones up. The size and shape was the symbolic. The point in the top of the pyramid pointing to the sky meant for the pharaoh to have a good afterlife. Some people wrote magical spells or poems to make the pharaoh happy. Even after death, their pharaoh was important to them. 4 Part 2 The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
the difference with the Old Kingdom
what life was like during this time
wars or battles and who was involved
Middle Kingdom was a period of order and stability. Many things increase such as trade, arts, and literature. Egyptians built armies to fight and defend themselves. During the Middle Kingdom, pharaohs were very wise. When a pharaoh died they didn't build pyramid anymore. Instead, they hid pharaoh's body anywhere that was well kept so grave robers won't rob it. About 1750 BC, a group called Hykos invaded Egypt. They had better weapons so they won. After ruling for 200 years the egyptian fought back. The Egyptians won and Ahmose became the pharaoh of Egypt. 4 Part 3 The New Kingdom (1500 BCE - 1000 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-103 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
the causes of the growth of trade
what life was like in an empire
wars or battles (invasions) and who was involved
Queen Hatshepsut is a woman pharaoh. She worked to increase trade with places outside of Egypt and order many monuments and temples built during her region. Traders traded copper, gold and timber. The conquest and trade brought wealth to the pharaohs.. Ramses the Great Increased the land of Egypt by attacking the Hykos. He is nown for massive monument that were built for him. After Ramses the Great died, the Sea People invaded Egypt. They destroyed all the land from southwest. Asia. Later that, the Hittites and Sea people kept on invading so Egypt fell in the violence and disorder. 4
Assignment 3-4
Part 1: Go to this site and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess. Then choose one that you would not want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are middle school quality explanations.
My favorite god in Egypt is Osiris, because he looks like a human and he lets people live again. He gives barely, which is used for making beer. My least favorite god Geb. It is because the earthquakes are Geb's laughter and it is very evil. His laughter has the power to kill millions of people.
Part 2: Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different?
Yes. The similarty of the gods from Egypt and Mesopotamia are that the gods mostly have the same power. I think gods and goddesses from Egypt and Mesopotamia are similar, because a sailor in Egypt could have traveled to Mesopotamia and share about his religion. Then the story could spread and eventually, other people find out about it. Those people could've used the facts to create similar gods and godesses.
Assignment 3-3
Source:How to Mummify Nefermaat Directions: Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
Why did Egyptians want to preserve dead bodies? The Egyptian thought the pharaoh had to live in the afterlife. In order to make them live they had to turn them into mummies.
How did they preserve bodies? What is this process of preservation called? They take out all the organs exept the heart for afterlife. They dry it and rapped the body and put it into a tomb. Mummyfieing mummies.
Explain how the brain was removed from the dead body. Why was the brain removed? They used a iron stick in the nostrol and smushed the brain and took it out. The brain was not important to them so they throw or burned it away.
Name the four internal organs that were removed from the body. What was done with these organs?
What did they do with the heart? Why?The didn't remove the heart when they turned people into mummy because they thought the pharaoh had an afterlife.
What is natron and why was it used? Using your scribble map of Egypt, name the area where natron came from. Natrons are used to not make bodies decay.
How was linen used during mummification? Linen was used when you rap the mummy with the linen. Linen was made from a type of plant.
What are amulets and how were they used? Give two examples of amulets that were used and explain why they were used.
What happens to the body after it was mummified? It goes to the pyramid.
Assignment 3-2 Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notes Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Read the If YOU were there section. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh?
I think it will feel like a slave because the pharaoh could kill anyone the pharaoh wants. I would runaway if I have to or help the pharoah so I can be come a priest.
2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end?
It started in 2700 BC an ended in 2200 BC.
3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh.
They thought the gods had send pharaohs to rule their country. They thought the country was good because they can farm, hunt and grow thing well, something like that.
4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh?
He had to organize the army in order to protect themselves. He made trades and prevent wars.The pharaoh controled armies and priest.
5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him?
The legend says he was very cruel and evil, but the historical record tell that the people that worked for him was well fed. The people built the largest pyramid for him.
6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom.
The lowest rank of all are farmers, servants and slaves. Then it was the scribes and craft man. After that, it was the people that helped the pharaoh, the nobles. Pharaoh was the highest rank and was the one that controls the city.
6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves?
The disadvantage of being farmers, servants, and slaves are that they had to always work until there master says something. The advantage is that the people was not the people who were wanted like the pharaoh.
6.c. What did farmers do during flood season?
The farmers worked on the pyramid building project. They also worked on the crop
7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with).
They traveled for getting gold, stones (to build), copper, ivory and slaves. They traded with some of there neighbors and the Syria.
8. Define the word acquire. Use acquire in an original sentence.
Acquire - to buy or obtain
The farmers couldn't acquire the gold in the markets because they didn't have money..
9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
The Viziers would be placed in the noble because they are high ranking and also they are political leaders.
Assignment 3-1
Source: Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89.(Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)
Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. Label everything carefully.
(Note: Mark means use a marker, label means use a text label, represent means draw a symbol to show the item.)
1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract. (Use the textbook to help you with this part.)
2. Label the Red Sea.
3. Represent three mines and three quarries. Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry
4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), and the oasis of Faiyum-Include dates, palm trees, and crocodiles. Provide an image and a description for each historic site
5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Hermopolis, Akhetaten, Memphis, Bubastis. Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine
6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta, the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.
7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
New Chapter Ancient Egypt
Assignment 2-8
Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbook Directions: Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete The Characteristics of Civilization Chart for the civilization you have chosen. Write clear and detailed answers in the chart, on your wiki page.
Characteristics of Civilization
Civilization Name: Hittes
Characteristics of Civilization
Evidence for Characteristic
Explanation
Well organized army
They knew there jobs well
Strong weapon
There weapons were strong and light
Tool making
They made a horse cart that allows the cart people go faster
Great empire
The king conquered all the land in mesopotamia to Syria and Palestine
Great traders
They made lots of money just for trading
Cruel Law
These laws were far more merciful than the laws of Babylon.
Was it difficult to find evidence for the culture you picked? Why or why not?
No, because Mr. Hurst gave us links to find more information.
Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbook
Directions: Read the questions/directions carefully and write clear and detailed answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?
All men and women should be treated equally. It isn't fair to punish more the not important people than punish important people.
2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?
Sargon died. Invaders attacked Ur because their strength drained.
3. Where was Babylon located?
It is mesopotamia between the Tigeris and Eurphaties river. Today Baghedad, Iraq
4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?
Hammurabi became the king of Babylon
5. What is a monarch?
Monarch- a ruler of a kingdom or empire.
6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?
It was called Babylonian Empire
7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?
He was able to control and organize the law, irrigation, and tax.
8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?
It is 282 laws he made himself. Every single person had to follow his laws or they will get punish anyway the king wants. He made rule on every part of daily life.
9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.
A. The earliest known-written collection of law
B. The code set down rules for both criminal and civil law.
10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?
He conquered all the land in Mesopotamia. The similarities are invaders started to come to there kingdom.
11. Read the different laws in the Code of Hammurabi on this site and choose three that you think are interesting. Copy the three laws and their numbers onto your page. Then for each law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law. 201. If he knock out the teeth of a freed man, he shall pay one-third of a gold mina.
Just for teeth they have to pay so much. If they aren't freed man than people could punch them . 198. If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina.
Why would anyone take an eye out? 252. If he kill a man's slave, he shall pay one-third of a mina.
I can't believe a man would only cost that much.
Assignment 2-6
After playing the Trader's Circuit, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then go to the discussion tabs of at least three other classmates and make good quality middle school comments about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's Circuit game. You can make comments to your classmates like if you agree or disagree or comments about how good their answers and ideas are. Trader's Circuit questions
1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why?
I like the part when I had three card that three people wanted and kept on begging me. 2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way?
I fell really complicated because there were lots of talking 3. What part of the game was difficult for you?
The part when I was keep on change my item. 4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry?
When you get a monopoly you get lots of points(money). 5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why?
I would like to add more kinds of item and have more item when we start 6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why?
It was better to cooperate because then you and the trader have the item that they want.
Assignment 2-5
Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.
*1. Where did the Akkadians live?*
They lived near the north of sumer, but they weren't sumerian.
2. What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.?
They lived in peace until Sargon attacked the Akkadians.
*3. Who was Sargon and what did he do?*
Sargon is the king of Akkadians. They attacked and got all the Sumerian's land.
4. What did Sargon establish?
He establish the first empire.
5. Define 'empire'.
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
*6. Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader.*
He was the first military leader force to use bow and arrow. He ate food with the soldier every day with loyalty.
*7. How long did Sargon rule his empire?*
For more than 50 years.
*8. What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?*
Invader came and tried to kill him. He died.
9. Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again?
The Sumerians.
10. Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city?
They had a wall around it's city, they had man made conals and ziggerat.
Assignment 2-4
Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic.
Yes because in Korea long ago the goverment built stone walls 2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
No, if people aren't christian the y don't go to temples. The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:
1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others.
5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
Assignment 2-3
Please read pages 56-59 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. How did the Fertile Crescent get its name?
It was located between Tigris River and Euphrates River and the land was rich and fertile.
2. What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile?
The fertile land made the people went to that place and people began to farm. Once it started, people began to make cities and that was the World's first civilization.
3. In what ways did a Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamiam civilization?
It made people have more skills on the subject they played. There were other types of jobs like hunting, livestock, fishing and building villages.
4. How might running large projects like the maintaining a large and complex irrigation system prepare people for running a government?
They need goverment because people cannot control on the large project. The one person cannot pay the money on the project and they need time and labor.
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the In Class Activity 2-1 calledEvent C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System & Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities to help you answer the questions.Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System 1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? First, the people carried water on the bucket . 2. How did farmers prevent flooding? The farmers created a wall. Farmers poked holes on the wall so water can come through the wall. When water comes in from the river it help the crops. 3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers? They used levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs to control the water current, used canal to move places and dug the sand so they could create new water way.
4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food? Extra supply of something such as food means surplus. 5. What could happen if one canal was clogged? The water will over flow since the water couldn't go curved. 6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system? Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities 1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other? They helped each others by sharing their crops and trading product.
2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected to each other? It's connected by a irrigation system. 3. What did many villages grow into? Into a city state. 4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region? People settled in Mesopotamia, in a land called Sumer. There they created advanced society.
5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city? Put sand in a canal so boats can come in and out.6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains? Because there was no army to protect in the countryside 7. What defense plan is best to protect a city? The thick wall made out of stones around the city and there was a stronger armies to protect.
Assignment 2-1
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page.Use the links above from the Class Activity 2-1to help you answer the questions.
Event A: Food Shortage 1. What helped the human population to grow in Mesopotamia?
The population grow larger and people had more crops.
2. What does cultivate mean?
Cultivate means to use and prepare for crops or gardening.
3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have?
Farmers didn't have enough land for all their people to grow crops.
4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of the activity, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why?
I think moving to near the river is the best way because the soil near the river are rick soil.
Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply
1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river plains?
There was flooding destroyed crops and when it was very hot and dry, the crops dried up.
2. How did they solve these problems?
The people learned to control the current of the water. They dug canals human-made waterways, that connected these basin to a network of ditches.
3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from?
It came from the Zagros Mountains.
New Chapter Mesopotamia
Assignment 9
Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.
1. The single most important thing I learned was...
The single most important thing I learned was the agriculture.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was the puppet show.
3. What surprised me the most was...
What surprised me the most was the australopithecus's brain was one third of the homo sapion's brain.
4. I would like to know more about...
I would like to know more about the story of the puppet show.
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
The part that I think I will always remember was the agriculture because I think that is the most important part.
Assignment 8
Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you?
I can't believe they skinned there ancester's head and paint them. It so gross and they believe in those things. The people are so viliont killing there own man. Even though they made a crime they killed him. They gave there on bride to a guy that she dosen't like because of 2 mouse catchers. It's so weird giving there wife for 2 mouse catchers.
2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class?
The three things are catal huyuk people started farming, they didn't have a lot of medicine to cure people. People had cergerise using sharp stones.
3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. Explain three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.)
We live in stone apartment when the Catal Huyok people lived in clay house. The C.H. people have the house of the dead when we put dead people on the ground. The people in the C.H they learn to hunt when they are young. We learn in school when we are young.
Class Study Guide
Hominids and their Characteristics
Australopithecus- southern ape/appeared in Africa 4 to 5 million years
Homo Habilis- handy man/ appeared in Africa 2.4 million years ago
Homo Erectus- upright man/ appeared in Africa 2 to 1.5 million years ago
Homo sapion- wise man/ appeared around the world
Aspects of Daily life effects notes
1. Learning how to farm
2. learning how to hunt and gather
3. learning how to make stone tools
4. migrating around the world
5. making permenent houses
Vocabulary
1. Prehistory- the time before there was writing
2. hominid- early ancestors of human
3. ancestors- relatives that lived in the past
4. The 3 Stone Ages-
Paleolithic- Time when people first used stones.
Mesolithic- Time when they invented more tools out of stones.
Neolithic- Time when they began the revolution (changes) in agriculture.
5. hunter-gather- people who hunts animals and gathers food and water
6. migrate- to move (during this time, people migrated to places all over the world such as Asia and Europe)
7. Ice Bridge- land of bridge that connects two conntinents
8. domestication- using plants and animals in a more useful way to humans
9. Society - a community of people who share common culture
Other notes:
-Some of the new technologies/inventions (what, when, who)
Animals (used for fur) in the Neolithic period.
Clay and mud houses built by people in the Neolithic period.
People made cave art (painting) in the paleolithic period
Assignment 7
Write 3 good test questions covering any of the topics we have studied so far.
What did the women do when men hunted?
Why happened when people started to farm?
What does BC mean?
Answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period? The Paleolithic period people were mostly hunters and the Neolithic period people were farmers, gathers and hunters. They also got more upgraded then before because they domesticated animals and plants.
2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period? Their lives got better because they made more use of the plants and animals.
3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture? The advantage is that they got more food and the disadvantage is that people became dependent on wild plants for food.
Assignment 6
Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions clearly and completely. Please put your answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the paragraph in the Beginnings of Agriculture section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?).
I discover that I can change from gathering to growing my own food, fruits and vegetables. I can become "self-sufficient."
Read The First Farmers and Plants section on p.41 and answer these questions:
2. What is another name for the New Stone Age?
Another name for the New Stone Age is the "Neolithic Era."
3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? During this Era, they made saws and drills to make better shelter.
4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now make fire. Which hominid would this be?
Homo erectus first started controlling fire.
5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution?
A revolution causes a change in the order or system of things. When we change from gathering food to growing food, we change the traditional ways to get food.
6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'?
The process of changing plants and animals to use it in a new and better way.
7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia?
Horse, cattle, sheep, and goat were domesticated in Asia.
8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? Corn was first domesticated in South America.
9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different.1.) I wouldn't have to go to the mountains to gather or hunt. 2.)I would be at my house and not go too far to a place. 3.)I won't be that tired compared to gathers and hunters. Please use the horizontal rule as instructed
Assignment 5
Read pages 32-34 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
Why do historians need archaeologists and anthropologists to study prehistory?Historians need archaeologists and anthropologists to study so we know about our past.
What might have been one advantage of walking completely upright?
What kind of tools did people use during the Paleolithic Era?They used sharp stones.
Design a stone and wood tool you could use to help you with your chores. Describe your tool in a sentence or two.a spear that is light and strong.
What is a hunter-gatherer?They hunted animals and gathered plants.,
In your opinion, what was the most important change brought by the development of language? The relationship because they have to talk and make a strategy to hunt and kill animals.//
Define the boldfaced words above. tools: weapons items incomplete
Assignment 4
Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found?
Lucy and other hominids were found in the African continent.
2. What is the scientific name of Lucy?
The scientific name of Lucy was Homo erectus, or "upright man"
3. How long ago did Lucy live?
Lucy lived more than 3 million years ago.
4. What was an important step in human development?
The ability to walk on two legs was a key step in human development.
5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer.
Make sure your answer is clear and detailed.
Australopithecus
The earliest form of human beings. The name means "southern ape." They initiated the key step in human development, walking upright. The brain was smaller than the modern human by thirds.
Homo habilis
The name of homo habilis means handyman. They appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. A half of the Australopithecus time earlier. They used stone tools for chopping and scrapping. The brain was half the size of modern human whereas the brain size of Australopithecus was only a third of the brain of modern human.
Homo erectus
The name means "upright man." They appeared in Africa more recently than the homo habilis or the Australopithecus, about 1.5 million years ago. They learn to control fire. They were the first to migrate out of Africa to Asia and Europe.
Homo Sapiens
The name means "wise man." They appeared in Africa only about 200,000 years ago. They migrated globally and represent all of human kind today.
6. Which hominid is us now?
Described in "homo sapiens," we are the class of "homo sapiens."
Assignment 3
Human Origins-The Puppet Play ProjectResponse
Note you will have 3 class periods to prepare your plays. See Resources-1
Answer the following questions on your wiki page.
1. What were your roles in the 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project?
The Orgin story from Greece
2. What Problems did your group run into?
The Narrater had a bad voice so he couldn't talk well
3. How did your group deal with these problems?
We tried our best
4. Identify two similarities between all of the origin stories.
The chinese and Greek god made the humans on purpose
5. Compare and Contrast any of the two origin stories presented in class (at least one paragraph). incomplete
Assignment 2
Just like the questions you were asked in class, please create five questions about the timeline we used in class.
When was America found?
When was the last ice age?
When was cars made?
When was telephones made?
What is called BC?
Assignment1 Using your notes and page 4 from your online textbook, answer the following questions on your wiki page.
1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year?
CE
2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215
3100BC,15BCE,AD3,CE1215,AD2000
3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean?
Welcome to Steve Lee's wiki!
Assignment 6-3
Directions: Read the following information about the Minoans and the Mycenaeans and then answer the questions that follow in your notebook.The Origins of the Greeks
The Minoans:
Minoan culture developed on the island of Crete in approximately 3,000 B.C.E. Minoan palace murals (wall paintings) and painted pottery show us a great sea culture, fueled by fishing, farming, and local arts. The Minoans were master sailors and set up long-distance trade routes with Spain, Egypt, Canaan, and Asia Minor. Socially, the Minoans were an egalitarian (equal) culture, with both men and women holding respected positions in the fields of religion, agriculture, and craftwork. Recreation enjoyed by the Minoans included dancing to music and song, "bull-leaping" - and boxing, complete with boxing gloves and mouth guards. The remarkable peace-loving character of the Minoan civilization is obvious because they didn't have fortresses, war equipment, and painted battle scenes among the remains of their settlements. The Minoan civilization is historically important to Greece because it was the model for the Mycenaean (pronounced my-sih-NEE-in) civilization which is considered the earliest developed culture on mainland Greece.
The Mycenaeans:
Mycenae was settled in 2,700 B.C.E. Most of the myths about ancient Greek heroes and their famous battles come to us from the Mycenaeans. Later Greek poets such as Homer used these tales in their writings. The Mycenaeans spoke an early form of the Greek language, and developed an agricultural economy based on grains, grapes, and olives. Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor. Unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaeans devoted most of their energies to developing a strong military. The circular royal tombs of Mycenae reveal collections of decorated uniforms, elaborate helmets, chariots, daggers, and axes. Horses were also extremely important to the Mycenaeans, as they were the vehicles of war. Mycenaean documents suggest that their society was hierarchical, with kings and soldiers in positions of power at the top of society, and prisoners of war who became slaves at the bottom of society who served the kings and soldiers. Other than artwork showing religious festivals and musical performances, very few artifacts of entertainment were left by the Mycenaeans.
1. What did the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations have in common?
2. In what ways were the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations different?
3. Why do you think so many aspects of Minoan civilization are found at Mycenae?
4. What other geographical areas, besides Mycenae, might Minoan civilization have influenced?
5. What aspects of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations would you expect to have survived in later periods of Greek history?
6. Using your textbook pages 256-257, explain how the decline of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans was similar.
Assignment 6-2
Homer The Odyssey is a 12,000-line Greek epic poem dating from the eighth century B.C.E. An epic poem is a long poem divided into sections, or "books," that focuses on the extraordinary deeds and adventures of a hero. According to ancient Greek tradition, heroes were men who were born to one divine and one human parent. The story of The Odyssey recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus during his 10-year voyage home to Ithaca after the end of the Trojan War in the thirteenth century B.C.E. Odysseus is considered the ideal Greek hero: an aristocratic soldier of superior strength, intelligence, and courage, favored by the Gods.
The poem is traditionally ascribed to Homer (circa 700 B.C.E.), who is considered the earliest Greek poet. Little is known about Homer's life, but ancient Greek playwrights referred to him as a "gifted blind poet." Some scholars believe that a line from a choral song attributed to Homer confirms this description:
"If anyone should ask you whose song is sweetest, say: blind is the man and he lives in rocky Chios."
Other scholars believe that "Homer" was the name given to a collective group of bards who sang Mycenaean folktales to entertain the nobles of Ionia, located on the west coast of Asia Minor.
It is generally believed that the exact author of The Odyssey is not as important as the ancient Greek values it contains. By listening to the stories in the poem, ancient Greeks learned standards of honorable behavior. These values, forged in the "Age of Heroes" during the Mycenaean Period, became the foundations of ancient Greek society.
Review the following Greek Values with your partner. Make sure you understand each idea.
Athleticism Hospitality Ingenuity Intuition Justice Loyalty Respect Teamwork
Your Task
1. Exam each image below and note the description of the vase painting for your assigned image.2. Read the DESCRIPTION for each scene.
3. Listen to the AUDIO TRACK and read along with each passage from the Odyssey.
4. Discuss and answer the questions for your scene from the Odyssey with your partner.
5. Decide which Greek value is best demonstrated in your scene and draw a picture that represents that Greek Value.
Athleticism Hospitality Ingenuity Intuition Justice Loyalty Respect Teamwork
6. Be prepared to explain your scene to the class using the answers to your questions and how the value you picked is demonstrated in that scene.
Assignment 6-1
Create physical maps of Greece and compare its geography to one of the other regions we have studied.Label and color a Map of Greece
Physical Features:
Island of CreteIsland of Thera
Island of Rhodes
Asia Minor
Macedonia
Mount Olympus
Pindus Mountains
Cities:
Knossos, Mycenae, Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Thebes, Delphi, TroyBodies of Water:
Sea of Crete, Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Gulf of CorinthA view of the Northern Aegean
Atlas or Map Website Resources to Use:
Ancient Greece Flash Map (Zoom in for detail)Ancient Greece Flash Map (Zoom in, but not as detailed)
Map of Greece (Zoom once - Relief & Political Map)
Google Earth (Download the FREE software and zoom in for satellite pictures of Greece)
Homework
Read these pages:Ancient Greek Environment
Textbook pages 254-256
Create a venn diagram using Pages comparing and contrasting the geography of Greece with that of either Egypt, Mesopotamia.
New chapter Ancien Greece
Assignment 4-7 Source: Online Textbook pages 162-171
Directions: You are a sage and you will teach your classmates a part of ancient India's history. The four parts (groups) are...
Each part has (or might have) pictures, illustrations, maps, dates, vocabulary words, and important people. Your job as a sage is to become an expert on your part so you will be able to comfortably and confidently teach others. Remember that if you don't understand the information, you won't be able to teach others properly. Follow these steps to become a great sage:
Steps
Assignment 4-6
After completing your Understanding How Ashoka's Edicts Helped Unify India sheet answer the following comprehension questions:
1. What are the main ideas expressed in Ashoka's edicts? The main idea expressed inAshoka's edicts are to do good deeds for others, to follow the path of Budda and to have fairness.
2. What are some of the ways in which Ashoka's leadership promoted unity in India? Asoka wanted India to do what Asoka does so he created the Edicts. He protected his area from invaders and treated everyone nicely.
3. In what ways did Ashoka's Buddhist beliefs contribute to the unification of India? His Buddhist beliefs were very well written and all had different meanings.
4. In addition to the edicts, what else might have contributed to the unification of India during this time period?
Asoka's strong army and trust from the people could have contributed to the unification of India during this time period.
5. Explain how one of the edicts you examined could be catagorized another way. Station I can be Justice and Buddhist Values because having a better rebirth can be a buddhist value and since the men is going to die they can have 3 days of respite.
(i.e. instead of Buddhist Values it could also concern Justice)
Assignment 4-6
Creating an Illustrated Ramayana PoemAssignment 4-5
Website: India-GovernmentUse the website above and what you have learned in class so far to answer these questions about the early Indus River Governments.
1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city?
It is because the lay out of the city that was so much the same between all of the classes
2. Who were Rajahs?
Rajahs are the rulers of the cities. They combined there system to have one central government.
3. What is a Guru?
Guru is a is a type of teacher who lives with the students until they become 20. The students had to do chores and services for the Guru.
4. What subjects were taught in school?
All the subject were religious nature.
5. Who was in charge of the government?
Indus priest were in charge of the Goverment
6. Why did people look up to the priests?
Because the priest are the ones that are offering to the gods.
Assignment 4-4
Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?
I was a Sudras. Sudras were workers and servants.
2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?
My friend who was a Sudras was singing. He sang the song funny
3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why?
I was always ordered by the higher class and had to do it. Such as drawing a picture for Brahmins or doing push ups.
4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not?
No, because this system is unfair to people who are in the lower class. They are always running around helping the upper class. I think this system us bad.
5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not?
No, because the lower people will be treated badly like being ordered to clean the house with no resting. People should be treated equally.
Assignment 4-3
Source:
Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions clearly and completely on your wiki page. Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.
1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?
I've learned the traders traded foods sich as wheat, barley, cotton, rice, melon, peas and dates. Childrens play with toys such as a dice. The Mohenjo-Daro people built the sewer.
2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain.
I think it is a highly developed culture including architectures, music, science, and writing. The sewer system was hard to make, but it was organized. They carved statues well and constructed 2 story buildings.
3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?
Mohenjo-Daro had the sewer system like the modern city. They had windows, but it was not able tosee through well. Clay pipes carried dirty water from building and homes in the lower cty to the main sewer system that ran along the sity. The water was emptied into the Indus river.
4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?
I think archeologists are unable to know the life was like in ancient civilization like the Indus-Sarasvati regions because they can't read the Indus writing. Also I think they couldn't have found enough artifacts to know exactly.
5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
I think natural disaster like earthquake or a huge flood could have ended Mohenjo-Daro. Mohenjo-Daro is a strong country so I think it wouldn't have been able to be defeated by another country.
Assignment 4-2
Website: Indus ValleyUse the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page.
1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?
rare, valuble, highly-skilled necklace, a toy for kids made from terracotta, a figurine made from clay, stones to measure the goods people traded and seals that has Indus writing.
2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?
Mohenjo-Daro has the orgainized sewer system just like ours. Peoples houses are kind of similiar. They have windows on first and second floor.
3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?
We can learn what they did and used, what they wore, how was the Mohenjo-Daro people(most people are all wealthy or not), where did they live and how was their daily life.
4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.
Mohenjo-Daro is located in the west of India, near the Indus River. The traders used square blocks to measure the grain or whatever they are trading with to calculate the price of that item. The women statue made out of clay could have been a god or goddess. Or maybe, it could have been a woman dressed up for religious ceremonies. The necklace makers made valuable jewels that used gold beads and green stone beads. It tells the craft makers that they had excellent skills.
5. What do we know about the Priest-King?
The Priest-king was discovered in the Lower town in 1927. The Priest king could have been an important man or priest.
6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used?
The Greath Bath is a 8 foot deep, 39 foot long and 23 foot wide rectangular bathing poll built from waterproofed stones. The Great Bath was used for religious rituals. It is also used for hygienic purposes.
Assignment 4-1
Source: IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpgDirections: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:
In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.
Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations.
After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
Questions:
1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above?
The map I see above and my map labels all landforms such as the Thar desert, Hindu Kush Mountain and the Ganga river.
2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map?
My map doesn't have the Sarasvati river.
3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details.
When the first settlers came to India the first place they could hace travel was to go through the Thar desert and Himalaya mountain. When they first saw Indus and Sarasvati rivers, they could have thought it was the best place for farming. Also It was the enterance of India so they could have traded easily.
4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.
Done
5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River?
As the time passed, the Sarasvati River dried up. So they had to go to the Ganga river that was more a habitable area.
1.. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?
I have learned the Mohenjo-Daro people werevery busy because they made the sewer system organized, making games, making seals and making tools to measure weights. It would have taken a long time to make these.
2. Which aspects of daily life do you see represented in the picture that the artist drew?
The traders are importing goods in front of the Mohenjo-Daro. I think the traders are talking about what they were trading. It seemed that they traded jewleries, silks and grain.
3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?
They had the sewer system like the modern city. They imported and exported to other countries. They have building where they can live and sleep. The sewers carried dirty water and was emptied it to the Indus river.
4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?
Archaeologists don't know the writing system of ancient civilization.
5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
Since it rain a lot in archaeologists, I think flooding could have ended Mohenjo-Daro. Also Aryans could have ended it because they were skilled warriors and had more advanced weapons.
New Chapter India
Assignment 3-8
ancient-egypt-map.jpg
Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.1. The single most important thing I learned was...
the pharaoh controlled everything in his city.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
what the pharaoh did in the underworld when he died.
3. What surprised me the most was...
the Egyptians made a huge pyramid just for the pharaoh.
4. I would like to know more about...
is the Egypitan God and Godess.
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
the process of mummification.
Assignment 3-7
Ancient Egypt Topic Peer AssessmentGo to our YouTube Channel and login using the username and password given in class.
You will assess your classmates' videos using the rubric for the ancient Egypt project and by answering the questions below. Each answer must be at least twosentences long.
Post your assessment in the comments section under each classmate's video. Please make sure you include your first name only or your comment will be deleted.
You must comment on four classmates' videos:
- classmate above your name
- classmate below your name
- two other classmates of your choice
(Note: YouTube has a 500 word limit on comments. You might have to divide your assessment comments into two posts.)1. How did your classmate make the video interesting and creative?
2. Was it easy to understand your classmates presentation including his/her voice? Why or why not?
3. Clearly explain two things you learned from your classmate's video.
4. How could your classmate improve his/her video?
Assignment 3-6
F Block- Tuesday Feb. 23Task: You are to research your assigned topic from Egyptian history and create a video presentation using iMovie or Keynote. The video presentation should be 3-4 minutes and include the following required elements:
Helpful Hints
= ----Assignment 3-5=
Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. Grade each paragraph for quality:
4=outstanding work, detailed, correct and above the call of duty
3=very good work, completes assignment, is above average
2=completes assignment correctly, average work
1=does not complete assignment, needs work
0=does not follow directions, assignment missing
Part 1
The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
A pyramid is a huge monument with four triangle shaped sides and has a point at the top. The Egyptians first built pyramids during the Old Kingdom. The farmers worked on the pyramid when there was a flood. A pyramid took more than 2 million limestone and thousands of workers. The largest pyramid is the Great pyramid of Khufu near the town of Giza. The government paid the people grains instead of money. The workers used sled to drag the stones up. The size and shape was the symbolic. The point in the top of the pyramid pointing to the sky meant for the pharaoh to have a good afterlife. Some people wrote magical spells or poems to make the pharaoh happy. Even after death, their pharaoh was important to them. 4
Part 2
The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Middle Kingdom was a period of order and stability. Many things increase such as trade, arts, and literature. Egyptians built armies to fight and defend themselves. During the Middle Kingdom, pharaohs were very wise. When a pharaoh died they didn't build pyramid anymore. Instead, they hid pharaoh's body anywhere that was well kept so grave robers won't rob it. About 1750 BC, a group called Hykos invaded Egypt. They had better weapons so they won. After ruling for 200 years the egyptian fought back. The Egyptians won and Ahmose became the pharaoh of Egypt. 4
Part 3
The New Kingdom (1500 BCE - 1000 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-103 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Queen Hatshepsut is a woman pharaoh. She worked to increase trade with places outside of Egypt and order many monuments and temples built during her region. Traders traded copper, gold and timber. The conquest and trade brought wealth to the pharaohs.. Ramses the Great Increased the land of Egypt by attacking the Hykos. He is nown for massive monument that were built for him. After Ramses the Great died, the Sea People invaded Egypt. They destroyed all the land from southwest. Asia. Later that, the Hittites and Sea people kept on invading so Egypt fell in the violence and disorder. 4
Assignment 3-4
Part 1: Go to this site and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess. Then choose one that you would not want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are middle school quality explanations.My favorite god in Egypt is Osiris, because he looks like a human and he lets people live again. He gives barely, which is used for making beer. My least favorite god Geb. It is because the earthquakes are Geb's laughter and it is very evil. His laughter has the power to kill millions of people.
Part 2: Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different?
Yes. The similarty of the gods from Egypt and Mesopotamia are that the gods mostly have the same power. I think gods and goddesses from Egypt and Mesopotamia are similar, because a sailor in Egypt could have traveled to Mesopotamia and share about his religion. Then the story could spread and eventually, other people find out about it. Those people could've used the facts to create similar gods and godesses.
Assignment 3-3
Source: How to Mummify NefermaatDirections: Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
Assignment 3-2
Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notes
Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Read the If YOU were there section. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh?
I think it will feel like a slave because the pharaoh could kill anyone the pharaoh wants. I would runaway if I have to or help the pharoah so I can be come a priest.
2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end?
It started in 2700 BC an ended in 2200 BC.
3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh.
They thought the gods had send pharaohs to rule their country. They thought the country was good because they can farm, hunt and grow thing well, something like that.
4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh?
He had to organize the army in order to protect themselves. He made trades and prevent wars.The pharaoh controled armies and priest.
5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him?
The legend says he was very cruel and evil, but the historical record tell that the people that worked for him was well fed. The people built the largest pyramid for him.
6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom.
The lowest rank of all are farmers, servants and slaves. Then it was the scribes and craft man. After that, it was the people that helped the pharaoh, the nobles. Pharaoh was the highest rank and was the one that controls the city.
6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves?
The disadvantage of being farmers, servants, and slaves are that they had to always work until there master says something. The advantage is that the people was not the people who were wanted like the pharaoh.
6.c. What did farmers do during flood season?
The farmers worked on the pyramid building project. They also worked on the crop
7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with).
They traveled for getting gold, stones (to build), copper, ivory and slaves. They traded with some of there neighbors and the Syria.
8. Define the word acquire. Use acquire in an original sentence.
Acquire - to buy or obtain
The farmers couldn't acquire the gold in the markets because they didn't have money..
9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
The Viziers would be placed in the noble because they are high ranking and also they are political leaders.
Assignment 3-1
Source: Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89. (Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)
Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. Label everything carefully.
(Note: Mark means use a marker, label means use a text label, represent means draw a symbol to show the item.)
1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract. (Use the textbook to help you with this part.)
2. Label the Red Sea.
3. Represent three mines and three quarries. Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry
4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), and the oasis of Faiyum-Include dates, palm trees, and crocodiles. Provide an image and a description for each historic site
5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Hermopolis, Akhetaten, Memphis, Bubastis. Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine
6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta, the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.
7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
New Chapter Ancient Egypt
Assignment 2-8
Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbookDirections: Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete The Characteristics of Civilization Chart for the civilization you have chosen. Write clear and detailed answers in the chart, on your wiki page.
Characteristics of Civilization
Civilization Name: Hittes
Characteristics of Civilization
Evidence for Characteristic
Explanation
No, because Mr. Hurst gave us links to find more information.
Assyrians
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htmhttp://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/egypt/a/assyriaintro.htm
Hittites
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/HITTITES.HTMhttp://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/hittites.htm
Chaldeans
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/middle_east/nebuchadnezzar.htmlhttp://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/CHALDEAN.HTM----
Assignment 2-7
Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbookDirections: Read the questions/directions carefully and write clear and detailed answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?
All men and women should be treated equally. It isn't fair to punish more the not important people than punish important people.
2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?
Sargon died. Invaders attacked Ur because their strength drained.
3. Where was Babylon located?
It is mesopotamia between the Tigeris and Eurphaties river. Today Baghedad, Iraq
4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?
Hammurabi became the king of Babylon
5. What is a monarch?
Monarch- a ruler of a kingdom or empire.
6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?
It was called Babylonian Empire
7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?
He was able to control and organize the law, irrigation, and tax.
8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?
It is 282 laws he made himself. Every single person had to follow his laws or they will get punish anyway the king wants. He made rule on every part of daily life.
9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.
A. The earliest known-written collection of law
B. The code set down rules for both criminal and civil law.
10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?
He conquered all the land in Mesopotamia. The similarities are invaders started to come to there kingdom.
11. Read the different laws in the Code of Hammurabi on this site and choose three that you think are interesting. Copy the three laws and their numbers onto your page. Then for each law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.
201. If he knock out the teeth of a freed man, he shall pay one-third of a gold mina.
Just for teeth they have to pay so much. If they aren't freed man than people could punch them .
198. If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina.
Why would anyone take an eye out?
252. If he kill a man's slave, he shall pay one-third of a mina.
I can't believe a man would only cost that much.
Assignment 2-6
After playing the Trader's Circuit, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then go to the discussion tabs of at least three other classmates and make good quality middle school comments about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's Circuit game. You can make comments to your classmates like if you agree or disagree or comments about how good their answers and ideas are.Trader's Circuit questions
1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why?
I like the part when I had three card that three people wanted and kept on begging me.
2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way?
I fell really complicated because there were lots of talking
3. What part of the game was difficult for you?
The part when I was keep on change my item.
4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry?
When you get a monopoly you get lots of points(money).
5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why?
I would like to add more kinds of item and have more item when we start
6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why?
It was better to cooperate because then you and the trader have the item that they want.
Assignment 2-5
Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.*1. Where did the Akkadians live?*
They lived near the north of sumer, but they weren't sumerian.
2. What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.?
They lived in peace until Sargon attacked the Akkadians.
*3. Who was Sargon and what did he do?*
Sargon is the king of Akkadians. They attacked and got all the Sumerian's land.
4. What did Sargon establish?
He establish the first empire.
5. Define 'empire'.
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
*6. Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader.*
He was the first military leader force to use bow and arrow. He ate food with the soldier every day with loyalty.
*7. How long did Sargon rule his empire?*
For more than 50 years.
*8. What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?*
Invader came and tried to kill him. He died.
9. Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again?
The Sumerians.
10. Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city?
They had a wall around it's city, they had man made conals and ziggerat.
Assignment 2-4
Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic.Yes because in Korea long ago the goverment built stone walls
2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
No, if people aren't christian the y don't go to temples.
The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:
1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others.
5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
Assignment 2-3
Please read pages 56-59 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.1. How did the Fertile Crescent get its name?
It was located between Tigris River and Euphrates River and the land was rich and fertile.
2. What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile?
The fertile land made the people went to that place and people began to farm. Once it started, people began to make cities and that was the World's first civilization.
3. In what ways did a Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamiam civilization?
It made people have more skills on the subject they played. There were other types of jobs like hunting, livestock, fishing and building villages.
4. How might running large projects like the maintaining a large and complex irrigation system prepare people for running a government?
They need goverment because people cannot control on the large project. The one person cannot pay the money on the project and they need time and labor.
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the In Class Activity 2-1 called Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System & Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities to help you answer the questions. Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System 1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? First, the people carried water on the bucket . 2. How did farmers prevent flooding? The farmers created a wall. Farmers poked holes on the wall so water can come through the wall. When water comes in from the river it help the crops. 3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers? They used levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs to control the water current, used canal to move places and dug the sand so they could create new water way.
4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food? Extra supply of something such as food means surplus. 5. What could happen if one canal was clogged? The water will over flow since the water couldn't go curved. 6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system? Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities 1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other? They helped each others by sharing their crops and trading product.
2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected to each other? It's connected by a irrigation system. 3. What did many villages grow into? Into a city state. 4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region? People settled in Mesopotamia, in a land called Sumer. There they created advanced society.
5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city? Put sand in a canal so boats can come in and out.6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains? Because there was no army to protect in the countryside 7. What defense plan is best to protect a city? The thick wall made out of stones around the city and there was a stronger armies to protect.
Assignment 2-1
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the Class Activity 2-1to help you answer the questions.
Event A: Food Shortage
1. What helped the human population to grow in Mesopotamia?
The population grow larger and people had more crops.
2. What does cultivate mean?
Cultivate means to use and prepare for crops or gardening.
3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have?
Farmers didn't have enough land for all their people to grow crops.
4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of the activity, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why?
I think moving to near the river is the best way because the soil near the river are rick soil.
Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply
1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river plains?
There was flooding destroyed crops and when it was very hot and dry, the crops dried up.
2. How did they solve these problems?
The people learned to control the current of the water. They dug canals human-made waterways, that connected these basin to a network of ditches.
3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from?
It came from the Zagros Mountains.
New Chapter Mesopotamia
Assignment 9
Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.1. The single most important thing I learned was...
The single most important thing I learned was the agriculture.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was the puppet show.
3. What surprised me the most was...What surprised me the most was the australopithecus's brain was one third of the homo sapion's brain.
4. I would like to know more about...I would like to know more about the story of the puppet show.
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
The part that I think I will always remember was the agriculture because I think that is the most important part.
Assignment 8
Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.- Catal Huyuk video 1
- Catal Huyuk video 2
1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you?I can't believe they skinned there ancester's head and paint them. It so gross and they believe in those things. The people are so viliont killing there own man. Even though they made a crime they killed him. They gave there on bride to a guy that she dosen't like because of 2 mouse catchers. It's so weird giving there wife for 2 mouse catchers.
2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class?
The three things are catal huyuk people started farming, they didn't have a lot of medicine to cure people. People had cergerise using sharp stones.
3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. Explain three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.)
We live in stone apartment when the Catal Huyok people lived in clay house. The C.H. people have the house of the dead when we put dead people on the ground. The people in the C.H they learn to hunt when they are young. We learn in school when we are young.
Class Study Guide
Hominids and their Characteristics
Australopithecus- southern ape/appeared in Africa 4 to 5 million years
Homo Habilis- handy man/ appeared in Africa 2.4 million years ago
Homo Erectus- upright man/ appeared in Africa 2 to 1.5 million years agoHomo sapion- wise man/ appeared around the world
Aspects of Daily life effects notes
1. Learning how to farm2. learning how to hunt and gather
3. learning how to make stone tools4. migrating around the world
5. making permenent houses
Vocabulary
1. Prehistory- the time before there was writing
2. hominid- early ancestors of human
3. ancestors- relatives that lived in the past
4. The 3 Stone Ages-
Paleolithic- Time when people first used stones.Mesolithic- Time when they invented more tools out of stones.
Neolithic- Time when they began the revolution (changes) in agriculture.
5. hunter-gather- people who hunts animals and gathers food and water
6. migrate- to move (during this time, people migrated to places all over the world such as Asia and Europe)
7. Ice Bridge- land of bridge that connects two conntinents
8. domestication- using plants and animals in a more useful way to humans
9. Society - a community of people who share common culture
Other notes:
-Some of the new technologies/inventions (what, when, who)Animals (used for fur) in the Neolithic period.
Clay and mud houses built by people in the Neolithic period.
People made cave art (painting) in the paleolithic periodAssignment 7
Write 3 good test questions covering any of the topics we have studied so far.What did the women do when men hunted?
Why happened when people started to farm?
What does BC mean?
Answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period? The Paleolithic period people were mostly hunters and the Neolithic period people were farmers, gathers and hunters. They also got more upgraded then before because they domesticated animals and plants.
2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period? Their lives got better because they made more use of the plants and animals.
3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture? The advantage is that they got more food and the disadvantage is that people became dependent on wild plants for food.
Assignment 6
Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions clearly and completely. Please put your answers on your wiki page.1. Read the paragraph in the Beginnings of Agriculture section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?).
I discover that I can change from gathering to growing my own food, fruits and vegetables. I can become "self-sufficient."
Read The First Farmers and Plants section on p.41 and answer these questions:
2. What is another name for the New Stone Age?
Another name for the New Stone Age is the "Neolithic Era."
3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? During this Era, they made saws and drills to make better shelter.
4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now make fire. Which hominid would this be?
Homo erectus first started controlling fire.
5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution?
A revolution causes a change in the order or system of things. When we change from gathering food to growing food, we change the traditional ways to get food.
6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'?
The process of changing plants and animals to use it in a new and better way.
7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia?
Horse, cattle, sheep, and goat were domesticated in Asia.
8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? Corn was first domesticated in South America.
9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different.1.) I wouldn't have to go to the mountains to gather or hunt. 2.)I would be at my house and not go too far to a place. 3.)I won't be that tired compared to gathers and hunters.
Please use the horizontal rule as instructed
Assignment 5
Read pages 32-34 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.Assignment 4
Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found?
Lucy and other hominids were found in the African continent.
2. What is the scientific name of Lucy?
The scientific name of Lucy was Homo erectus, or "upright man"
3. How long ago did Lucy live?
Lucy lived more than 3 million years ago.
4. What was an important step in human development?
The ability to walk on two legs was a key step in human development.
5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer.
Make sure your answer is clear and detailed.
- Australopithecus
- Homo habilis
The name of homo habilis means handyman. They appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. A half of the Australopithecus time earlier. They used stone tools for chopping and scrapping. The brain was half the size of modern human whereas the brain size of Australopithecus was only a third of the brain of modern human.The earliest form of human beings. The name means "southern ape." They initiated the key step in human development, walking upright. The brain was smaller than the modern human by thirds.
- Homo erectus
The name means "upright man." They appeared in Africa more recently than the homo habilis or the Australopithecus, about 1.5 million years ago. They learn to control fire. They were the first to migrate out of Africa to Asia and Europe.- Homo Sapiens
6. Which hominid is us now?The name means "wise man." They appeared in Africa only about 200,000 years ago. They migrated globally and represent all of human kind today.
Described in "homo sapiens," we are the class of "homo sapiens."
Assignment 3
Human Origins-The Puppet Play Project Response
Note you will have 3 class periods to prepare your plays. See Resources-1
Answer the following questions on your wiki page.
1. What were your roles in the 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project?
The Orgin story from Greece
2. What Problems did your group run into?
The Narrater had a bad voice so he couldn't talk well
3. How did your group deal with these problems?
We tried our best
4. Identify two similarities between all of the origin stories.
The chinese and Greek god made the humans on purpose
5. Compare and Contrast any of the two origin stories presented in class (at least one paragraph). incomplete
Assignment 2
Just like the questions you were asked in class, please create five questions about the timeline we used in class.When was America found?
When was the last ice age?
When was cars made?
When was telephones made?
What is called BC?
Assignment 1 Using your notes and page 4 from your online textbook, answer the following questions on your wiki page.
1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year?CE
2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215
3100BC,15BCE,AD3,CE1215,AD2000
3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean?